CAD Technician

About the role

Balfour Beatty Power T&D are looking for a CAD Technician to join their growing team in Scotland. The job will be office based in Motherwell but site visits to the project will be fairly regular at Fort Augustus and Skye site office to liaise with the operations team.

To work with project team, designers and technicians through the design phase to deliver the safe and suitable scope of works in line with the project objectives. Produce drawing output for both initial and detail design phases and support the design of substation civil works including Access Maps, Compound Drawings and Stage By Stage drawings while maintain a BIM management process.

Key Accountabilities:

• To produce drawings based upon the civil designs required on PT&D projects.
• Ensure the timely and quality delivery of drawings to a high technical level which are compliant with the required Client and national technical standards (BS/Eurocodes/ENA).

To assess and identify design and temporary works requirements on each project. Including:

• Drive a Safety by Design approach at all times.
• Work closely with other elements of the design team to ensure effective collaboration on multi-disciplinary projects.
• Ensure that Procedures and Manuals provided for compliance with the appropriate Quality Assurance Standards are applied.
• Produce Drawings and Material Schedules with particular emphasis on substation designs to the required standard first time and within time scales set.
• Assist in the checking of Documents produced by other members of the team.
• To actively develop working methods to improve the quality and quantity of the output.
• Liaise as necessary with the designer and operations personnel to determine the most suitable and practical interpretation of design requirements.
• To comply with project and function specific standards and practices.
• To assist in the estimation of timescales for a specific task.
• To assist in the production of reports and inquiry documentation.
• To assist in the training of junior members of staff and direct contract/agency personnel & technicians with their duties.
• Produce accurate packages with minimum of rework.
• Produce accurate and complete records.

Skills Required:

• Proven experience of the drawing of civil engineering works
• AutoCAD experience
• IT Literate (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel)
• Good understanding of BIM principals (PAS
  1192 and ISO
  16950)
• Desire to operate in a technician role and develop skillset to support designers

Skills Desired:

• Microdrainage software experience
• Civils 3D software experience

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities. As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life.

Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks. From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

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